Labor Day weekend: Here's what's happening
From staff reports
It’s a busy Labor Day weekend with plenty to fill the entertainment calendar. Here’s a jump start to filling it in.
• The inaugural Stars Over Texas Jamboree, featuring more than a dozen area musicians and entertainers, takes place at 7 tonight at the Lee Lockwood Library and Museum, 2801 W. Waco Drive. $7 for adults, $5 for senior adults and children 12 and younger.
• Country performers the Josh Abbott Band, Gary P. Nunn and the Scott Shelby Band get the Westfest ball rolling Friday night at the Westfest Preview Party at the West Fair and Rodeo Grounds in West. Shelby starts the evening at 6 p.m. with the crowning of Miss Westfest at 7 p.m., Nunn playing at 8:30 p.m. and Abbott at 10 p.m. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. $12, with children 12 and younger free.
The Czech-flavored Westfest starts at 10 a.m. Saturday with a parade from downtown to the Westfest grounds. Westfest hours are 11 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $8 for adults, $4 for senior adults, military and children 6 to 12.
• Cowboy singer/songwriters Joe Green and Merry Agape join three-time World Champion fiddler Wes Westmoreland in an acoustic show at 8 p.m. Friday at Runnin’ Bird Studio, 168 Private Road. $20. Call 254-754-2445 for reservations and directions.
• Downtown Waco’s Croft Art Gallery, 712 Austin Ave., celebrates its first anniversary from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday with artists with past, present and future shows attending. Free.
• The musical “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” heads into its final weekend at the Waco Civic Theatre, 1517 Lake Air Drive, with performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $15, $13 for senior adults and students. Call 776-1591 for ticket availability.
• It’s the last weekend for the Mayborn Museum’s family-friendly “LEGO Castle Adventure” exhibit, which closes its run on Sunday. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Museum and exhibit admission: $10 for adults, $9 for senior adults, $5 for children 12 years to 18 months.
• Tuesday follows the Labor Day weekend and that’s when New Orleans bands Hooray for the Riff Raff and Sam Doores & The Tumbleweeds swing through town for a show at Beatnix Burger Barn, 1700 Colcord Ave. Music starts at 9 p.m. Free.
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• Multiple Hydes blur the line between good and evil in Baylor Theatre’s production “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” which continues its run at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 2-4, and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 4-5, at Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center. $15, $13 for Baylor students, faculty and staff. Call 710-1865.
• Waco’s Smooth Jazz Generation kicks off a weekly jazz night at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 at Tres Mexican Restaurant, 723 S. Sixth St. $6-10 for dinner, no cover before 7.
• The world-famous Vienna Boys Choir returns to Waco for a 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5 concert at Austin Avenue United Methodist Church, 1300 Austin Ave. The Vienna Boys Choir previously sang in Waco in 2001 at the Waco Hippodrome Theatre and in 2008 at Baylor University. Tickets cost $35 for premium seating, $25 for adults and $10 for students, available at the church, online at austinavenueumc.org or at the door. The concert will end about an hour before the start of the Super Bowl. Call 254-754-4685 for information.
• The Stars Over Texas Jamboree pays tribute to Valentine’s Day with an Oldies Heart & Soul theme at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 at the Lee Lockwood Library and Museum, 2801 W. Waco Drive. $12, $10 for those ages 65 and older or 12 and younger.
• The touring show “Black Art — Ancestral Legacy” begins a month-long showing at the West Waco Library and Genealogy Center, 5301 Bosque Blvd. Hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays. Free.
• Art Center Waco’s “Membership Invitational Art Exhibition” comes to an end this weekend with a closing reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3 at the center, 1300 College Drive. The unveiling of the exhibition’s winning poster image takes place at 7 p.m.
• Art by Kathy Lovas and Susan Sponsler makes up the Croft Art Gallery’s February exhibit “Red/Yellow,” whose opening reception is held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3 at the gallery, 712 Austin Ave. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays.
• Waco rapper Big Binky brings on a local Super Bowl half-time show Sunday, Feb. 5 at Jordan Sports Bar and Lounge, 921 Lake Air Drive.
• Flatbed Press co-director Katherine Brimberry will talk about the Austin print-making company and its work at 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11 at the Martin Museum of Art in Baylor University’s Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center. Free.
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